Is mom too sensitive? Impact of maternal stress during gestation

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-49

  Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF; Cross fostering; Development; Maternal behavior; Stress; Stress sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MATURATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GESTATION PERIOD; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 18044385348     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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